Global Patent Index - EP 1347229 A2

EP 1347229 A2 20030924 - An insulated pipe for the distribution of fluids

Title (en)

An insulated pipe for the distribution of fluids

Title (de)

Isoliertes Rohr für die Verteilung eines Fluids

Title (fr)

Tuyau isolé pour pour la distribution de fluides

Publication

EP 1347229 A2 20030924 (EN)

Application

EP 03075832 A 20030321

Priority

DK PA200200448 A 20020322

Abstract (en)

Known insulated pipes for the transmission of fluids that may assume a range of temperatures and pressures are prepared with compensators and/or restraining for absorbing the axial forces and length deviations caused by the temperature variations in particular. When they are installed in the ground an advanced combination of materials surrounding the pipes is required, in order that an installation becomes stable in use and is not subject to breakdown due to unfortunate combinations of pressure and temperature. According to the invention all these disadvantages are eliminated by providing the inner pressure resisting pipe with a circumferential fold at regular intervals, which is dimensioned to compensate the increase of lenght that occurs between two subsequent circumferential folds. Such pipes may be prefabricated and laid with only a simple containment, e.g. by back-fill of the earth from an excavation. <IMAGE> <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

F16L 59/14

IPC 8 full level

F16L 59/14 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F16L 59/143 (2013.01)

Citation (applicant)

US 327215 A 18850929

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1347229 A2 20030924; EP 1347229 A3 20031210

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 03075832 A 20030321